tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post8276837861267269161..comments2023-10-01T09:35:35.894+02:00Comments on Antipodes: Oh what a beautiful morning!William Skyvingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-53719274535151890562011-04-15T01:10:11.473+02:002011-04-15T01:10:11.473+02:00That question of seasons is primordial. I realize ...That question of seasons is primordial. I realize retrospectively that, during my adolescence in Australia, I was surely upset (unwittingly) by the absence of that great natural timepiece. My archaic mind and body were "expecting" the presence of this primeval clock, but it was nowhere to be found. For years, I hated the arrival of the steamy months at the turn of the year when it became so hot that people could no longer act intelligently. The heat haze blinded out all the subtleties in the landscape. It was so hot that people couldn't even think clearly. In any case, everybody chose this crazy time of the year to lounge around like sun-drugged beasts on the beaches. It wasn't really a <i>season</i> (derived from an Old French word designating a time for sowing), but rather a harsh spell: an Antipodean hibernation, during which the people and the nation were reduced to dormancy. Here in France, on the other hand, not only do the seasons "show" (as you say); they regulate, directly or indirectly, almost every aspect of our society, our culture, our existence… In Ancient Egypt, the seasonal manifestations of the Nile were directly responsible for the birth of a civilization, with all its achievements: its cultures, its myths, its creations…William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-69173647690771286042011-04-14T23:35:20.304+02:002011-04-14T23:35:20.304+02:00"God's in his Heaven.
All's right wit..."God's in his Heaven.<br />All's right with the world!"<br /><br />So said Browning. But I'd add:<br /><br />"And he should leave us alone<br />and stay there!"<br /><br />You live in a great place where the seasons show. I guess I'm a country girl stuck in the big city of Sydney.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.com